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Enrollment
746
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLESTOWN AREA SD·NCES 421398007637
Alloway Creek Elementary School
162 Newark St, Littlestown, PA 17340 · (717) 359-4146 · Adams County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL746 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
309 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 163 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Littlestown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 43.2% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alloway Creek Elementary School
Alloway Creek Elementary School's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alloway Creek Elementary School this school | 746 | 41.4% | 49.4% |
| Blackhawk Intermediate School Beaver Falls | 708 | 40.4% | 67.0% |
| Hillview Elementary School Grove City | 768 | 43.8% | 65.6% |
| Central Columbia Elementary School Bloomsburg | 705 | 38.3% | 73.9% |
| Allison Park Elementary School Houston | 691 | 37.0% | 64.2% |
| Mohawk Elementary School New Castle | 709 | 36.2% | 66.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alloway Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #879 of 1,396 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #852 of 1,511 ▲ 48 | #8 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #901 of 1,511 ▲ 115 | #9 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 746 | #105 of 1,638 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,164 of 1,528 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.2% | #1,163 of 1,531 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #1,139 of 1,600 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #649 of 1,045 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
746
-69 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 746 | 51.7 | 14.4:1 | 41% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 780 | 52.7 | 14.8:1 | 40% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 53.5 | 14.8:1 | 47% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 815 | 54 | 15.1:1 | 28% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 828 | 53.3 | 15.5:1 | 41% (341) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alloway Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (828 to 746); teachers down 3% (53.3 to 51.7).
About Alloway Creek Elementary School
Located in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, Alloway Creek Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school has 746 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 68% higher.
Littlestown Area SD includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 1,691 students.
White students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among Adams County residents, the White share is about 89%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. The school's 14.4:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 41%.
Alloway Creek Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 27% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Alloway Creek Elementary School is -10.4 points: 49.4% actual, 59.9% predicted.
The county, Adams County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $84,092 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Adams County has 26 public schools with about 12,831 students, including Alloway Creek Elementary School.
About 0.2 miles separate Alloway Creek Elementary School from the closest public school, Littlestown SHS. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Alloway Creek Elementary School at 7th of 9.
The federal government classifies Alloway Creek Elementary School's location as Town: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 69 students, from 815 to 746.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,115
Census ACS
Median income
$84,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Littlestown Area SD
- Littlestown SHSHigh · 532 students
- Maple Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 413 students
Other schools in Littlestown
- Littlestown SHSHigh · 532 students
- Maple Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Littlestown SHS0.2 mi · 532
- Maple Avenue Middle School0.3 mi · 413
- Conewago Twp Elementary School5.8 mi · 475
- Park Hills Elementary School6.2 mi · 572
- Hanover Street Elementary School6.7 mi · 269
- Clearview Elementary School6.7 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Alloway Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Alloway Creek Elementary School?
Alloway Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 746 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Alloway Creek Elementary School serve?
Alloway Creek Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alloway Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alloway Creek Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Alloway Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Alloway Creek Elementary School are roughly 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Alloway Creek Elementary School public or private?
Alloway Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Littlestown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.